GE Vernova

Consulting Engineer – Digital Substation Solutions and Communication

GE Vernova

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $152,400 - $190,000 per year

Job Level

SeniorLead

Tech Stack

Cyber SecurityFirewalls

About the role

  • Act as consulting engineer and technical authority for IEC 61850 and digital substation technologies
  • Own strategy, lifecycle, and interoperability of System Configuration Tools (SCT) and IED Configuration Tools (ICT), including SCL file workflows (ICD, SCD, CID), round-tripping, version control, and IEC 61850 Editions 2.1/2.2 compliance
  • Develop and lead technical strategy for digital substation adoption addressing inconsistent IEC 61850 implementation, fragmented tools, and multi-vendor integration
  • Define integration solutions for IEC 61850 with legacy and hybrid environments and mitigate cybersecurity risks in IP-based architectures
  • Promote scalable, secure, vendor-agnostic deployments with validation methods and reusable frameworks
  • Lead engagement with IEC 61850 working groups, UCAIug, and utility standards bodies; contribute technical proposals, test procedures, and profile management
  • Translate evolving standards into internal roadmaps and customer guidance
  • Define protocol architecture and integration strategies for IEC 61850 (GOOSE, MMS, SV), IEC 60870-5, DNP3, and Modbus ensuring security and reliability
  • Guide engineering of secure, time-synchronized, and redundant LANs including PRP/HSR, VLAN, and IEEE 1588 PTP
  • Support conversion of system-level requirements into specifications, validation plans, and design best practices
  • Support utilities and OEMs in interoperability testing, issue resolution, and IEC 61850 configuration validation
  • Consult on communication design, protocol migrations, and SCL file flows
  • Lead training, workshops, knowledge transfer, and mentor engineering teams
  • Publish and present best practices at industry events (CIGRÉ, IEEE PSRC, IEC TC57)
  • Collaborate across teams to embed standards leadership and maintainability into new products

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Electronic, or Computer Engineering
  • Minimum of 8 years of experience in substation automation, utility communications, or protection & control systems
  • Expert-level understanding of IEC 61850 (all parts), SCL tools, GOOSE/SV behavior, MMS client-server models, and conformance testing
  • Proficiency with IEC 60870-5-101/103/104, DNP3 (serial & TCP), and Modbus (RTU/TCP)
  • Strong knowledge of multi-vendor integration, substation networking, and field commissioning
  • Experience with communications security: SSH, TLS/SSL, RADIUS, firewalls, secure tunneling, and network hardening
  • Contributions to IEC 61850 or other international standards groups (desired)
  • Experience with ICT and SCT and industrial tools such as IEDScout, Wireshark, OMICRON Test Universe, RTDS/RSCAD, or Simulink
  • Familiarity with vendor platforms: GE Multilin, SEL, Siemens, ABB, Schneider Electric
  • Strong communication and influence skills across utilities, vendors, and regulatory bodies
  • Multilingual ability (especially French, Spanish, and German) is an asset
  • Willingness to travel for customer engagements, conferences, and global collaboration